Exports of organic coconut milk from Bintan Island, Riau Islands Province (Kepri), tripled in early 2022. Coconut milk is a processed coconut product that can be used for various household and industrial needs. "We are facilitating the smooth export of four containers of coconut milk sent to Germany in early 2022," said Head of Tanjungpinang Agricultural Quarantine, Raden Nurcahyo in Tanjungpinang, Saturday. From Tanjungpinang Agricultural Quarantine records, in early 2021 PT BOF exported one container of coconut milk from the Lobam industrial area in Bintan. Meanwhile, in early 2022, Germany immediately received four containers of original Bintan coconut milk with a volume of 97.7 tons. According to him, the threefold increase in exports of processed coconut products to Germany is the answer to PT BOF's optimism in the success of the Triple Export Movement (GraTiEks) program for agricultural commodities. This is following the Ministry of Agriculture's commitment to continue to encourage the downstream of agricultural commodities by downstream the agricultural commodity processing industry. Proven to be able to increase the economic value for these commodities and absorb thousands of workers. "Alhamdulillah, this is a good start, the plan is that at the end of this month there will be another shipment," said Raden.
Raden said that the support of the regional government and related agencies in providing ease of licensing and certification would greatly affect the sustainability of the industry and the smooth running of exports. Tanjungpinang Agricultural Quarantine facilitates the export of agricultural commodities with certification. Certification services are also made easier with the ACTIVE Export service. "Active Export Services and Export Clinics aim to make the GraTiEks program a success," he said. He ensured that quarantine officials had checked and monitored the loading process of the coconut milk product into the container. Inspections are carried out to ensure that the commodities sent are in accordance with the accompanying documents, are healthy and safe. "After going through the inspection process, quarantine officials will issue a health certificate. Certification is a government guarantee for the acceptance of agricultural commodities in the destination country," said Raden.
